Looking for a complete List of Slaughter Houses for Lambs and Sheep in the USA.
including Full Name, update Telephone Numbers and Address.
We are Lambskins Trader and Importers.

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Request for Question Clarification by ragingacademic-ga on 09 Apr 2003 03:29 PDT

Dear rosenfeld25 -

Thanks for your question.

A "complete list" is difficult to define - could you be a bit more
specific in your requirements?  Perhaps you could say how many such
contacts you would consider to be sufficient?  Do they have to be of a
specific size, or in a specific region?

thanks,
ragingacademic

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Clarification of Question by rosenfeld25-ga on 09 Apr 2003 05:24 PDT

Clarification to our Question:
We are importers of Raw Lambs/Sheep Skins.(Dry salted or Drum salted
or conserved by any other method) .
For this we are looking for Slaughter Houses with a reasonable
Slaughtering Capacity who have the Capacity to export about a
Container a week (One container is about 5000 Skins)
Therefore we think that a Slaughter House with a Minimum slaughtering
Capacity of 500 lambs per day can be of interest for us.
many thanks for your Efforts.

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Request for Question Clarification by nellie_bly-ga on 09 Apr 2003 10:50 PDT

Are you seeking to purchase lamb skins  or are you seeking a
slaughterhouse to process your lambs?

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Clarification of Question by rosenfeld25-ga on 10 Apr 2003 01:13 PDT

Good Morning,
(I have already answered typed answers to most of your questions. 
However by a Mistake I pressed a wrong key, and the whole Page
disapeared. I do not, therefore know wheather you have received my
answer.
I will repeat my answer).

We are looking for a Slaughter House to buy from them the Raw
Lamb/Sheep Skins for exporting them to our Country (Turkey). (They are
usually Exported in a Container Loads of approx. 5000 Pcs. per
Container).
We are interested to purchase only the Raw Lamb/Sheep Skins.

There are two main Packers/Exporters of Raw Lambs/Sheep Skins in the
USA.
NUGGET INTERNATIONAL INC. situated in Greeley CO. and the Second is 
HENRY S. GROSSMAN CO. situated in Denver CO. 
Our intention is, after we get the List from you,  to contact directly
each Slaughterhouse and find out whether they can and willing to
Export.
Regarding the questions you asked previously:
AAA.  We would like to get the Total list of the Medium and up
Slaughter Houses (Assume daily capacity of 500 Lambs/Sheep).
BBB.   Specific region - Not important the Region.

Hope I answered your Question.

<According to Successful Farming online
http://www.agriculture.com/sfonline/archive/sf/porkpwr/mpmain.html#LAMB
five companies control almost all lamb slaughter in the U.S.. Each day
18,000 – 20,000 lambs are slaughtered.

According to Cattle Network.com, 7 plants account for 80 per cent of
total head slaughtered
http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:DBvGqJ9N2Q0C:www.cattlenetwork.com/index.cfm%3Fshow%3D10%26mid%3D88+lamb+slaughtering+plants&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

The largest company is ConAgra, Inc. which daily slaughters 6,000
lambs. It has plants at Greeley, Colorado and San Angelo, Texas.
ConAgra, Inc/ConAgra Lamb Co. 920 North 7th Avenue, Greeley, CO 80631
Telephone 800-727-5366
Kevin Quam 970-352-7378
FAX: 970-356-4549
http://www.conagrabeef.com/

Denver/Iowa Lamb slaughters 5,000 lambs daily at plants in Denver,
Colorado, and Hawarden, Iowa.
Iowa Lamb Corp. 
Address: 315 10th street, Hawarden, Iowa IA 51023
Bill Brennan, Plant Manager 
Telephone (712) 551-1126  Fax (712) 551-1783  
http://agrinet.tamu.edu/agbus/ia201.htm

Denver Lamb Company 
Address 4900 Clarkson St, Denver CO 80216
Telephone 303-296-1795
http://www.gy.com/biz/311612/303.htm

Superior Packing Co., Dixon, California, slaughters 4,000-5,000 per
day.
Address: Superior Packing Co., 1477 Drew Avenue, Suite 101, Davis, CA
95616
Ellensburg Lamb Co., Inc. is a division of Superior Packing Co.
Address: 7390 Rio Dixon Rd.  Dixon, CA 95620
http://www.superiorfarms.com/PAGES/customer%20service.htm
Sales contacts
http://www.superiorfarms.com/Pages/place_an_order.htm


Wolverine Packing Co., Detroit, Michigan, slaughters 1,500-2,000 lambs
per day
Address: 2535 Rivard, Detriot, MI 48207 
Jim Bonahoom, President
Telephone 313-259-7500
FAX: 313-568-1909
http://www.wolverinepacking.com/index.asp

John Morrell operates two slaughter houses.
Address: 805 E. Kemper Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45246
Telephone (513) 346-3540 
Fax (513) 346-7556
http://www.johnmorrell.com/

In addition to the large companies there are a number of smaller
companies that are eligible to export according to
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OFO/export/lmexico.htm
These are as follows:
Transhumance, Inc. (Division of Superior Colorado, Inc.) 4900 Clarkson
St. Denver, CO 80216
Contact Mr Dennis J Breen, President Telephone 530-758-3091

San Antonio Packing Co.  1922 South Laredo St.  San Antonio, TX 78207
Telephone 210/224-5441

Chiappetti Wholesale Meat Co. 3810 S. Halsted St.  Chicago, IL 60609 
Chiappetti Lamb & Veal Company - Slaughterer/Breaker, Halal Slaughter
3900 South Emerald Street, Chicago, IL 60612
Dennis Chiappetti, President
Telephone 773-847-1556
FAX: 773-847-3837

Catelli Brothers, Inc. 776 Broad Street, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702 
According to the fsis site this has facilities for slaughter however
this facility is not mentioned on the company website.
http://www.catellibrothers.com/flash/trad_home.html

Swissland Packing Company 2684 N. 900 East Rd. Ashkum, IL 60911 
Telephone 815-698-2382

AgriProcessors Inc. 220 West Street, Postville, IA 52162 Telephone
(563) 864-7811

Ruwaldt Packing Co., Inc. 6510 E. Ridge Rd,  Hobart, IN 46342
Telephone (219) 942-2911

San Angelo Packing Co., Inc. 1809 North Bell Street, San Angelo, TX
76903 Telephone 653-6951

Strube Packing Co.  11501 U.S. Highway 67,  Rowena, TX 76875 Telephone
(915) 442-2851

Ranchers Lamb of Texas  1005 City Farm Road, San Angelo, TX 76905 
Telephone: Justin Jonas, 915-659-4004 or Brian May, 915-651-4321
The company processes 4000 to 5000 lambs per week and currently
exports pelts to Russia.
http://www.nlpa.org/html/ranchers_lamb.shtml
http://www.ranchmagazine.com/rancherslamb/

Plants approved to handle immediate slaughter animals are listed at
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ncie/pdf/slaughter_list.pdf

These are as follows:
E L  Blood & Son, Main Street, West Groten, MA 01472
Telephone 978-448-6669
Fax 978-448-2491

T R Wholesale, 235 Locust Street, Swansea, MA 02777
Telephone (508) 672-7703

Berry & Sons (Islamic)
2496 Orleans, Detroit, MI 48207
Telephone (313) 259-6925 Salah Rabaveh, Owner
FAX (313) 259-8144

Halal Meat USA
240 East 5th Street, Paterson, NJ 07524
Telephone (973) 742-4790, Fax: (973) 742-9316

Gold Medal Packing
8301 River Road,Rome, NY 13440
Telephone 315-337-1911

Natures Best Meats Inc.
RD 5, 113B, Hayes Road, New York 
Telephone 607-797-1665

Rendulic Packing Co
NEMA Foods, 800 Manning Avenue, McKeesport, PA 15132
Telephone (412) 678-9541 Frank Rendulic, Jr., President
FAX (412) 678-2606 Freddie Rendulic, Vice President

Carlton Packing co.
West Main Street, P.O. Box 580, Carlton, OR 97111
Telephone 503-852-7166


At http://www.sheepusa.org/resources/packer.shtml a number of sheep
slaughterers are listed. These are:

Berry & Sons Islamic Slaughterhouse 
2496 Orleans Street, Detroit, MI, 48207
Salah Rabaveh, Owner
313-259-6925
FAX: 313-259-8144 

Bridgewater Quality Meats 
301 Main Street, Bridgewater, SD, 57319
I’Lan Parent
605-729-9440
FAX: 605-729-9441 

Halal Slaughter 
2639 Pennsylvania Avenue, Baltimore MD 21217
Ruppers Berger, Manager
410-669-2600
FAX: 410-669-2603 

Quartz View Meat Company - Slaughterer/Wholesaler
800 South Veterans Drive, Altus, OK 73651
Gary Stockton, Owner
580-477-1390
FAX: 580-482-2307
www.quartzviewmeatco.bigstep.com 

Strube Packing Company
POB 36, Rowena, TX 76875
Al Strube, President
915-442-2851
FAX: 915-442-2018 

Superior Farms Inc.
4900 Clarkson Street, Denver, CO 80216
Mark Dumdi
303-296-1466
FAX: 303-296-1992
www.superiorfarms.com 

Superior Packing Company - Corporate Office - Halal Slaughter
1477 Drew Avenue, Suite 101, Davis, CA 95616
Dennis Breen, President
530-758-3091
FAX: 530-757-1184 

Superior Packing Company - Sales Office
23095 South Bluegrass Lane, Estacada, OR 97023
Teddie Crippen
503-631-3511
FAX: 503-631-2409 

Swissland Packing Company
2684 North 900 East Road, Askhum, IL 60911
Joe Casper
815-698-2382
FAX: 815-698-2264>

 
<Additional links:>
<Lamb slaughtering in the U.S.>
<http://www.sheepusa.org/resource/handbook/chmarket.shtml>

<Small slaughtering operations.>
<http://www.sheepgoatmarketing.org/cgi-bin/db2www/sgm/sgm.d2w/report>

<The American Lambskin Group>
<http://www.sheepusa.org/pelt/pdf/engbro.pdf>

<International animal product export regulations.>
<http://www.aphis.usda.gov/NCIE/iregs/products/>


<Search strategy:>

<american sheep farming>
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<"plants approved" "immediate slaughter">
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<department of agriculture>
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<Hope this helps>

The Answer I received is very clear and many Addresses I was searching
for. Also all the Telephones and the Fax Numbers were included and in
many cases the name of the Person in charge was indicated. So all I
had to do was to pick up the Telephone and contact the preson. I am
completely satisfied.